Millet — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Millet — Area harvested was 12,938 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in South Africa stood at 12,938 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 30,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 12,631 ha, in 2015.
South Africa ranks 46th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,148 ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 22,230 ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 20,719 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 20,967 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 21,259 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 22,037 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 19,675 ha | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 19,046 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 18,874 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 18,736 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 17,585 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 17,075 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 16,339 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 15,815 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 15,332 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 14,851 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 13,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 12,869 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 12,631 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 13,167 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 12,889 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 12,895 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12,984 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 12,923 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 12,934 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 12,947 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 12,934 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 12,938 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,556 ha | 20,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,036 ha | 20,000 ha | 22,230 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,948 ha | 15,332 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,379 ha | 12,631 ha | 14,851 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,935 ha | 12,923 ha | 12,947 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 43 Congo 16,118 ha compare
- 44 Sierra Leone 14,773 ha compare
- 45 Mauritania 13,000 ha compare
- 47 Bangladesh 11,005 ha compare
- 48 France 10,699 ha compare
- 49 Burundi 10,000 ha compare
- 49 Central African Republic 10,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in South Africa?
- Millet — area harvested in South Africa was 12,938 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,631 ha in 2015.
- How does South Africa rank for millet — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 46th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.